LB3, Warrior Hosting 3rd Free Florida Coaches Clinic

LB3 Lacrosse and Warrior Sports have partnered to offer the 3rd Annual Free Florida Coaches Clinic in Orlando on Sept. 21 and 22, 2012. This year’s FREE Clinic will once again take place at the beautiful Rosen Shingle Creek Resort and feature Duke University coach John Danowski as the keynote speaker. Danowski returns to the FREE Florida Coaches Clinic for his third time and has been a great supporter of the event.

LB3 Founder Liam Banks has nothing but praise for coach Danowski’s commitment to educating coaches: “Danowski gets it and he loves passing along his knowledge and philosophies to other coaches. His approach to coaching and the way he looks at the game is something every coach should be exposed to and the fact that he takes time out of his schedule to come down here each year speaks volumes about his love of the game”.

Banks will also speak at the event and his presentation will focus on teaching and training fundamental stick skills. Banks learned to play in the Three Villages Lacrosse program in Long Island and credits the core skills he learned at a young age with his ultimate success in the game. “It’s all about stick skills” said Banks, “that’s what I was taught as a kid, that’s what we preach at LB3 and I want to help other coaches train their young players the right way.”

Former Syracuse All-American and current Providence College assistant coach John Galloway will be a new face at the Clinic this year. Galloway is considered one of the elite goalies in the world right now but his presence at the clinic is based on his out of the box approach to coaching goalies. Galloway has taken a traditionally underserved position and created new ways of thinking about developing and training quality goaltenders. “I was always aware that a lot of coaches didn’t really know what to do with me,” said Galloway “I hope to show coaches that it really is not that tricky and that with a little love and quality time they can make a huge difference in their goalies play. We have been doing the same old things with goalies for a long time while the rest of the game has changed. I just want to make sure goalies get what they need from their coaches.”

Other presentations include:

Drilling and Mastering Transition PlayFormer Head Coach at Ward Melville High School Joe Cuozzo
Former Head Coach at Sachem HS Rick Mercurio

The Role/Relationship with the Athletic DirectorMark Duncan Shipley School

Effective Substitution and Box ManagementJimmy Oliver, Ponte Vedre High School

Sports Law and How it Effects CoachesGlenn Stein, Herrick Law Firm

During the event LB3 will raise money for the Headstrong Foundation and Warrior Sports will display all of the their latest equipment, apparel and Uniforms. Lacrosse.com will host a meet and greet with coach Danowski. Grass Roots Team Sports will manage registration, Jaxlax will host a lunch for all registered coaches and Lacrossewear will present a Happy Hour on Saturday afternoon. All of these groups will have a display area in the main hall that offers a great opportunity for all coaches to ask questions and learn more about the products and services being offered by the companies responsible for making the event happen.